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I blocked every application in the entire Office directory structure, and MS Word can still access the internet.

I used the program fab.exe (Firewall App Blocker) to add all the apps in the directories to Windows Defender with a couple clicks, and confirmed the apps were added as blocked in Windows Defender. I disabled everything available in Word in privacy options and the trust center. There is no block internet setting. (MS Office Pro 2019, with a personal account log-in).

I can still follow links in Word (they open in Edge), and I can still login to the Microsoft account (no Edge required) from Word.

So, how do I block Word from accessing the internet?

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  • Why bother? If you're concerned about MS covert access to Word, either to get info or to push changes, just use an equivalent third-party tool, such as the free LibreOffice suite's Writer. If a third party app attempts internet access, it can be blocked with FFB (or alternative Folder Firewall Blocker, majorgeeks.com/files/details/folder_firewall_blocker.html).
    – DrMoishe Pippik
    Jul 13, 2022 at 0:17
  • Work requires Word...
    – Winston
    Jul 13, 2022 at 0:47
  • This includes Excel and Word? If it does then you forget an executable, likely, solely responsible for the help function
    – Ramhound
    Jul 13, 2022 at 1:07

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Access to both http://microsoft.com and http://windowsupdate.com websites is prohibited on the router. Or modify the Hosts file under C:Windows\System32\driver\setc
add: 127.0.0.1 microsoft.com 127.0.0.1 windowsupdate.com

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  • well, what if microsoft have a bunch of IP addresses.. and microsoft.com only transltes to one of them.
    – barlop
    Jul 13, 2022 at 3:49
  • Microsoft Windows ignores the hosts file for some of its own addresses: petri.com/… . such as office.microsoft.com. I.E., it would likely take an external device, not using Windows, to block those addresses.
    – DrMoishe Pippik
    Jul 13, 2022 at 16:51

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